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Author Peters, Josephine Grant.

Title After the first full moon in April : a sourcebook of herbal medicine from a California Indian elder / Josephine Grant Peters and Beverly R. Ortiz ; including contributions from Cheryl Beck [and others] ; Karuk plant names by James A. Ferrara.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations
data file
Bibliography
Medicine language
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Spirit People; The Peppernut; The Peppernut Story; 1. A Life Well Lived; 2. Gathering Ethics; 3. Herbal Medicines and Native Plant Foods; 4. The Plants; 5. Non-herbal Cures; Endnotes; References; Plant Index; Medical Conditions Index; Subject Index.
Summary Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants.
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Subject Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- California.
Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
California.
Indian women healers -- California -- Biography.
Indian women healers.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Karok Indians -- Medicine -- California.
Karok Indians.
Karok Indians -- California -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Karok women -- California -- Biography.
Karok women.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Herbal treatments.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Author Beck, Cheryl.
Ortiz, Bev.
Other Form: Print version: Peters, Josephine Grant. After the first full moon in April. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009036627
ISBN 9781611327922 (electronic book)
161132792X (electronic book)
1598743643 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781598743647 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)